The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1887-01-20
TIE LAWS OF TIE STATE.
SOME OF TUE ACTS PASSED BY TIIE
RECENT LEGISLATURES.

The following are some of tho more
important Acts passed Mt the recent scs'
sion of the General Assembly:
ARREST AND BAIL.
AN ACT to Almond Section 200 OF the
Code of Civil Procedure, relating to
Arrest and Bail.
SECTION |. That Section 200 of the
Code of Civil Procedure be amended by
adding thereto the following, to be
known as Paragraph 6:
"In an action for the recovery OF
damages in Il cause Of action not arising
out contract, when tho defendant is q
nonresident of tho State, or is about to
remove thorcfrom, or when the action is
for injury to person or character, or for
injuring OF for wrongtully taking, de-
tainig or converting property"
HAwKERS AED PEDDLEllS.
AN ACT to amend Sections l., ,339 and 1 ,342
of the General Statutes, relating to
Hawkers and Pcddlcrs.
SECTION |. That Sections $50 of the
General Statutes be, and the same is
hereby, amended, SO that said section, as
amended, shall read as follows:
Section ,339. The clerk OF the Court
of Common Pleas for each county shall
have authority to issue such license to
any hawker or peddler, to be available
within the limits Of his county, and to
be of force for the space OF one yem
from the dato Of issue; and he shall
charge for any such license fee OF one
hundred dollars to be paid by him into
the hands Of the county treasurer for the
use of the county,"
SEC. 2. That Section ], ,342 of the Gen
cral Statutes be, and the same is hereby,
amended, so that said section, rs amend
ed, shall read us follows:
"Scction 1912. The provisions Of This
chapter shall not extend to vendors Of
fruit, maps, newspapers, magazines,
books vegetables, tobacco, provisions
ofany kind, ,oragricultural products, or to
sales by sample by persons travelling for
established commercial houses, or to
sales of staple articles manufactured III
this State"
PARTITION.
IN ACT to amend an Act entitled can
Act to amend Section $50 Of the
General Statutes, in relation to Parti-
ton" approved December 70, \. -.
1885.
SECTION l. That an Act entitled can
Act to amend Section | $50 Of the Gen
eral Statutes, i'll relation to partition, -
approved December 2G, 1850, hc amend
cd by adding thereto tie following
proviso: Provided, that nothing herein
contained shall be construed 60 affect
the power OF tho Court of Common
Pleas to dispense with the issuing of
such writ i'll cases where, i'll the iudg-
ment of the Court, it would involve un-
necessary expense to Issue the same, and
the Court shall haYo power in all pro-
ceedings III partition, without recourse
to the said writ, to determine, by means
of testimony taken before the proper
officer and reported to the Court, whCth-
cr n partition i'll kind among the parties
be practicable or cXpcdicnt; and in cases
whore such partition cannot be fairly
and equally made, to order Il sale of the
property and division Of the proceeds,
according to the rights of the parties.
TIE STEALING OF 3lELONs AND FRUIT.
AN ACT to Punish the Stealing of Melons
or Fruits.
SECTION |. That whoever shall steal
from the premises Of anotherANy melons
or fruits, whether severed from the free
hold or not, shall be deemed guilty of Il
misdemeanor, and, on conviction thereof,
shall be punished by imprisonment for
not more than thirty days, or by fine OF
not more than fifty dollars.
REPAIRS OF HIGHWAYS.
AN ACT to amend Section Gi8 of tho
General Statutes Of South Carolina,
relating to the Repairs Of Highwns.
SECTION l. That Section GlS Of tho
General Statutes of South Carolina be.
and the same is hereby, amended SO as
to read:
"SECTIoN G18. The county commits
sioners shallsstale charge of and srlpcrin.
tend the repair of the highways in tho
county; the bridges shall be repaired
under their supervision, and the cxpen <
of the same shall be paid out OF the
money i'll the treasury, raised and appro.
priated for this purpose; and all the
work on bridges given out by the county
commissioners, when the amount shall
exceed the sum Of ten dollars, shall be
done by contract; when the amount
shall exceed the sum Of one hundred
dollars the county commissioners are
hereby required to advertise the same in
at least ono Of the papers i'll tbs county
said proposal in all such cases be accom-
panied by two or moro sufficient slrctiCs
when the amount is less than one hun
dred dollars and is over ten collars, the
county commissioners ere .lcrchy re
quired to advertise the same by posting
notice in three public places, one O
which must be at the place where tn,
work is to be done; said notices to b,
posted ten (lO) days prior to the day OF
winch work is to be lot; and the count,
commissioners shall have the right tc
REJECT any all bids if in their iudgmcn
the interest Of the county so requires.
CONFEDERATE SOLDIERS.
AN ACT to allow persons who shall hay
resided within this State for ten yror
since the close Of the Civil War, an,
who have lost their legs or arms. O
nave been permanently disabled i
their legs or arms, during M;Iitor
Service in the years 1861, 1869, TSG4
1861 and 1865, to obtain the benefit
of al Act entitled can Act to nrnv;d
Artificial Limbs for all soldiers of tI
State who lost their legs or arms, q
who have been perman, ntly disable
in their legs or arms during MiIitar